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1910-1920

Time period with events: Progressive Era- Time of change and restlessnessFormation of NAACP,Women's Suffrage Movement,Triangle Shirst-waist Factory fire,-Labor Unions movement World War 1, Actor's Strike (Actor's Equity)

1907--Florenz Ziegfield• Series of musicals revues in which beautiful women in beautiful dances would sing and dance• Very popular• Glorified the "American Girl"

George White Scandals

1922--• 89 performances• Music: George Gershwin• Lyrics: B. G. DeSylva and E. Ray Goetz.• Book by George White and W. C. Fields• Two act musical revue with George White starring as himself in the production and also directing it.• Humor, great dancing, chorus line girls, and great musical hits.12 more scandals after 1911 rivaling Ziegfield's Follies

Time period with events:The Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected FDR's New Deal End of Prohibition Minimum wage of 25¢/hr established Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor American involvement in WWII

1930-1950

ComedyWesternPolitics were themes of what era?

1930-1950

Era with musicals: Strike Up the Band, Crazy Girl, Of Thee I Sing, Anything Goes, Porgy and Bess, On Your Toes, Babes In Arms, I'd Rather Be Right, I Married an Angel, Let's Face It, The Boys From Syracuse, Panama Hattie, Louisiana Purchase, Carmen Jones, Oklahoma, On the Town, Annie Get Your Gun

Porgy and Bess

1935--Unpopular at the time based on serious tone and offensive portrayal of African Americans, but it gained popularity overtime.

Cabin in the Sky

1940- fable about angel vs demon who fight for a human's soul. The show had good reviews, but was ultimately unpopular and unsuccessful.

1943--Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Oscar Hammerstein IIBook / libretto: Oscar Hammerstein IIBased on: the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggsbreaking all of the then existing records both for length of run and for box-office receipts.• It was the first Broadway musical in which every single song had a direct relation to the plot, and in which there were none that were simply musical interludes.Cast: Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Howard Da Silva, Betty Garde, Celeste Holm

Annie Get Your Gun

1946-- Ethel Merman Ray MiddletonEarl SauvainLea PenmanAnnie Oakley and Frank Butler meet when she beats him in a sharpshooting contest at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the two have to negotiate between their completive sides and their blossoming love for each other.

Ethel Merman

1930-1950Original Reno is Anything Goes

Ginger Rogers

1930-1950 Girl Crazy film star: famous for roles w/ Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

1930-1950 famous film actor/dancer/singer known for revolutionizing dance films by having dancers shot in full-figure, and filming with no cuts and edits.

Ray Bolger

1930-1950--On Your Toes

Alfred Drake

1930-1950

Babes in Arms original Curly in Oklahoma Kiss me Kate

Fayard and Harold Nicholas

1930-1950 famous African American tap dancers; known for unique acrobatic style popular on broadway; not as popular in films due to their race

Danny Kaye

1930-1950 Lets Face It important source of entertainment for soldiers during World War II

Gene Kelly

1930-1950

Starting career dancer/assistant choreographer in Best Foot Forward sung with Frank Sinatra in Take Me Out to the Ball Game not only in musicals--starred in dramatic productions ie:the Three Musketeers in 1948

Celeste Holm

1930-1950Original Ado Annie in Oklahoma

Nacio Brown

1930-1950composer Singin' in the Rain broadway show Take a Chance

Milton Ager

1930-1950-composer "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" "Happy Days Are Here Again"-Democratic Theme Song

George Gershwin

1930-1950composer

Girl Crazy Porgy and Bess Strike up the Band Of Thee I Sing

Maceo Pinkard

1930-1950composerLiza

Kay Swift

1930-1950FEMALE composer

Fine and Dandy= first hit broadway musical to be written and scored by a woman relationship with George Gershwin

Irving Berlin

1930-1950composer Louisiana Purchase This Is The Army (1942): raised over nine million dollars during World War II. Annie Get Your Gun

Johnny Mercer

1930-1950lyricist

also famous singer wrote lyrics to "Laura", "Midnight Sun", and "Satin Doll" after the melodies had become hits. composed English lyrics to songs in other languages, like "Autumn Leaves", based on the French song "Les Feuilles Mortes". Jeepers Creepers covered by Louis Armstrong had an affair with Judy Garland

Ira Gershwin

1930-1950lyricist

collaborated with younger brother George Gershwin

Dorothy Fields

1930-1950lyricist

one of the first successful female songwriters

Yip Harburg

1930-1950lyricist

wrote lyrics to Wizard of Oz score including somewhere over the rainbow "Broadway's social conscience," Bloomer Girl fighting for women's rights and civil-rights Finian's Rainbow fighting against racism and capitalism

Oscar Hammerstein

1930-1950lyricist The Sound of Music Oklahoma! South Pacific The King and I Show Boat Carmen Jones

1950-1970

Era with musicals: "The Golden Age"The Sound of Music- Rodgers and Hammerstein) Bye Bye Birdie-Michael Stewart) Hair- Gerome Ragni and James Rado)Mame- Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence) The King and I Guys and Dolls Peter PanFiddler on the RoofHappy as Harry (3 performances)Pipe DreamThe Music ManHow to Succeed in BusinessOliver!CamelotMy Fair Lady

Lerner and Loewe

composer+ lyricists- My Fair Lady and Camelot (1940's to 1960's)

Stephen Sondheim

composer and lyricist- West Side Story, Gypsy, Follies, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1954- present)

Rogers and Hammerstein

composer + lyricistFlower Drum Song, Cinderella, and The Sound of Music (1944-1960)

Leanord Berstein

composer- Candide- operetta and West Side Story (1940's to 1990's

Dick Van Dyke

played in Bye Bye Birdie, continued on to TV and movies, 1950-1970

Chita Rivera

played in Bye Bye Birdie, West Side Story, danced in many other musicals (Guys and Dolls), 1950-1970

Julie Andrews

played in (Camelot, My Fair Lady)- now she stars in movies and is known worldwide, 1950-1970

Bea Arthur

starred in little roles until she was in Fiddler on the Roof and the lead in Mame, 1950-1970

Composer: Andrew Lloyd WebberLyricist: Charles Hart/ Richard Stilgoe Stars: Steve Barton, Michael Crawford, Sarah BrightmanThe show was extremely popular and went on various tours all the way to 2013 Advancements in props: chandeliers,smoke, makeup,costumesMade $845 million

Rent

1996Composer/Lyricist/Producer: Jonathan LarsonStars: Anthony Rapp, Adam PascalAbout a group of impoverished artists and musicians in NYC who are struggling with HIV/AIDS Ninth longest running broadway show (12 years)Made over $280 million

Mary Poppins

2006Lyricist and Composer: George Stiles, Anthony DreweStars: Ashely Brown,Gavin LeeProducers: Cameron Mackintosh and Pamela Travers Story of a family who is in need of a new nanny because the children (Jane and Michael) are constantly misbehaving. Mary Poppins, a mysterious woman, is hired and teaches both the children and adults lessons while taking them on adventures.Special Effects: Mary Poppins magical abilities created by machine, kitchen is wrecked and magically reorganized, carpet bag holds large objects2,619 performances and 6 years on broadway

Andrew Lloyd Webber

British composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera

Jonathan Larson

American composer of JP Morgan Saves The Nation, music for Sesame Street, Rent, Tick Tick...Boom. Died on the morning of Rent's first preview off Broadway.

On broadway in 1998 based on a 1984 movieComposer: Tom SnowLyricist: Dean PitchfordStars: Jeremy Kushnier, Stephen Lee Anderson, Jennifer Laura Thompson A boy named Ren moves to a strict town with many rules including a ban against dancing. It's all about Ren changing the culture of this town.Hasn't been in America since 2003 Ran for 709 performances on broadway

Rodgers and Hart

composer + lyricist1925 The Garrick Gaieties1927 A Connecticut Yankee, based on the Mark Twain novel1928 Present Arms1935 Jumbo1936 On Your Toes1937 Babes in Arms1938 The Boys from Syracuse, based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors1938 I Married an Angel1938 Too Many Girls1940 Higher and Higher1940 Pal Joey, based on John O'Hara's work1942 By Jupiter